If you’re one of the folks who looks forward to pumpkins every fall, the long summer wait can be tough. For farmers, the ...

An Egyptian genome has finally been unraveled, thanks to a sample from an at least 4,500 year-old mummy dating back to the ...

A newer technology called genome editing or gene editing has emerged in the last decade. “Gene editing is basically just conventional breeding, but done more intelligently,” she summarizes. “This ...

Scientists have found 473 human genes that behave like on/off switches, revealing links to cancer, immune conditions, and ...

After an abnormal NIPT finding in a pregnant woman, a maternal-fetal medicine doctor orders a second NIPT, against recommendations.

Plant scientists have used a standard "gene gun" since 1988 to genetically modify crops for better yield, nutrition, pest ...

For the first time, scientists have systematically studied the genetic effects of chemotherapy on healthy tissues. Researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the University of Cambridge, ...

By 2030, every baby born in England could have their entire genome sequenced under a new NHS initiative to “predict and ...

The US Secretary of Health and Human Services insists he will soon announce the "cause" of autism, but setting a fixed ...

Research led by the National Institute of Biological Sciences in Beijing has discovered that switching on a single dormant ...